Environmental knowledge of vacuum formed packaging
2025,08,29
Today, developed countries generally require products to comply with the EU RoHS environmental directive. According to this requirement, any electronic and electrical products that use or contain heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, as well as polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) flame retardants, are prohibited from entering the EU market. As an important component of electronic products, vacuum packaging must also strictly comply with these regulations.
Common vacuum formed materials such as PET, PS, PP, etc. do not contain the six harmful substances mentioned above, but this does not mean that regulation can be relaxed. Blister film manufacturers still need to conduct regular environmental testing and require upstream raw material suppliers to provide authoritative environmental testing reports to ensure full compliance.
Taking PVC as an example, there is often a problem of excessive lead content in traditional processes. But with the advancement of technology, manufacturers have now optimized their processes to control lead content and make PVC materials meet RoHS standards, which is known as "environmentally friendly PVC". Although its price is slightly higher than ordinary PVC, it is more in line with international environmental trends.
The raw materials for vacuum formed products are relatively single, mainly consisting of film. Therefore, as long as environmentally friendly films that have undergone strict testing are selected, it is almost impossible for the finished product to fail to meet environmental standards. However, in order to ensure compliance with regulations to the greatest extent possible, it is necessary to strictly control the environmental quality of auxiliary materials such as release agents during the production process, and conduct regular sampling and testing of vacuum formed products to achieve full traceability and foolproof measures.
Guangdong vacuum formed product manufacturers hope to enhance everyone's understanding of the environmental requirements of vacuum formed packaging through the above introduction, and jointly promote green manufacturing and sustainable development